The Art of Acting and Filmmaking
Actors' quotes about acting and filmmaking
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This section focuses on the best acting quotes and filmmaking quotes. Each movie star has a different idea of acting and a unique method, just like every director has different ideas on how to make a great movie. Quotes about filmmaking and acting are the core of this section, in which celebrities will welcome you into their world.
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“I think first impressions are important when you pick up a script.”
“Acting is all about truth and honesty.”
“My work... is my legacy.”
“I'm very proud of my roles. I enjoy the ability to touch millions of people and, in some way, connect with them in ways that I cannot connect with them in my normal, everyday life.”
“Every actor is called upon to understand the human psyche, to know themselves, to continue to grow personally, if they expect to be able to portray characters that are believable.”
“Acting is half shame, half glory. Shame at exhibiting yourself, glory when you can forget yourself.”
“Film and television essentially feel the same when you're doing it, because it's the same technical approach.”
“My business is not to show anybody anything; my job is just to do it.”
“I see all these people talking about acting as a great spiritual thing. It's not.”
“An actor is totally vulnerable. ”
“I don't know what else I could do but pretend to be an actor.”
“Part of the way that I work is to observe.”
“I like to disappear into a role.”
“You do as much research as you can for any project.”
“The really courageous and bold thing is to make movies about human behaviour.”
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“You need to be real enough to be believable, but you don't necessarily have to be real enough to be real.”
“A movie set or any set is a completely private place and it feels very insulated.”
“Acting is like a game of tennis.”
“Someone I met years ago explained to me the difference between a personality and an actor.”
“I always devise a background so that it makes what your character goes through logical and keeps up the continuity.”
“The humor is essentially dark for a cartoon and sophisticated.”
“I think good acting is always character acting.”
“To make independent films, you can't think about them too much, ponder on them too much, get overwhelmed by the enormity of it.”
“Only a genius can play a fool.”
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